Hack Factory member Mike Hord built a motion-sensing widget for a local pizzeria’s restrooms — for the purpose of annoying them while they “rest”. Recently I was approached by an architecture/design firm to help with an electronic install at a client site. The client had requested a system that interacts with users in the bathroom- […]
As you get your holiday gifts ready to give, why not whip up a batch of these simple fabric bags to use in place of paper gift bags and gift wrap? The folks at Bolt share a couple of different sewing tutorials for bags, as well as a list of ideas for other ways to […]
Food for thought clothes! Stunning creations by Ted Sabaese, I’m loving the waffle pants. [via inspire me now]
PT @ Make: Online spotted this tin foil face by Dominic Wilcox in the UK. Nice self portrait!
The color and texture freak in me is swooning over this pom pom pillow from Susan of Living With Punks. See how to make your own over on her blog. [via The Swell Life]
The user can play musical tunes simply by touching a row of spoons sitting on a table, with a fork added in for good measure. A microcontroller is used to detect changes in capacitance caused by a finger pressing against the metal, which are then sent to a computer using the MIDI protocol.
Emily Gobeille and Theo Watson’s Kinect-driven puppet show: A quick installation prototype Emily and I hooked up with the libfreenect Kinect drivers and ofxKinect. The system is doing skeleton tracking on the arm and determining where the shoulder, elbow, and wrist is, using it to control the movement and posture of the giant funky bird!
